The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-08-05


Ailer supper shs oshsr evening -;
Doussr pulled = LOT a statsnsnts o.
eccount from Ne pocket With great
Gravity q dsmeanor. and spreading
fhem ont on The csnter-table 10 said;
..llrA Bowser. do you 80 shessF' |
Edo"
DO you know what they arew
why. they srs The monthly &C.
counts from the grooeTA"
Oh shey areI Well. ] should say
-! Do ron know what this family has
devoured. wasted and given away %
the Poliacks in the last month";
Il know that We have been vsF'
economical"
DO youP The grand footing ri
sixtv-four doIlarS MrA Bowser-over
fifteen dollars per week for . family
a. four. and one q them . baby ana
the other hired girl with the dysPeP-
sia / am no miser. but ] pronounce
this an outraged
But / haven't ordered ssy thing
extra and I've tried 70 Be very careful
% buy Gloss"
Mrs Bowser. lis your poor buying
and poor management 1ou don =
know any more about running house
than do Of bossing steamboat
Either that or else grocers are swim
ding me. and I won't stand it. Here
after shall do all the buying"
Ieavc the cook Orders to tell him
\ what she wanted. and next morning
Mr.. Bowser entered upon his duties
The first purchase he made Was .
bushel Of potatoes from . pediier In
/ front Of the house He gave one dol
l.r and ten cents and told the man
where 10 carry them When he came
( home to dinner the cook had to tell
him:
Il put that bushel Of potatoes into
three peckS and then cut mp the whole
lot to get good ones enough for din
ner."
The first thing to come up from the
grocery was : consignment Of ten cans
Of pumpkin This was followed BY
6fty pounds Of evaporated apples and
one hundred dozen clothes-pins- A
nothing further appeared the cook
boiled some potatoes. made pumpkin
pie and stewed some cf the apples
when We went ont to dinner Mr..
Dowser looked around in astonish'
ment
\ what does this meant he finally
demanded
why. it's al you sent"
He couldn't gainssy that and By
and by he explained that he had saved
fully ! dollar and half on his pur
chases By buying in such quantities.
You paid ten cents Per can 70
oumc in, while ! got the lot FOL
, seven be went on. Thirty cent
. isn't % much. but IL i - good TO m
, = to the grocer"
. yea but bought about one can
, month You have enough here to las
u three years"
Wen / saved forty cents on the AZ
, pies he protested
We have used Just two pounds J
, che last six months. Mr.. Bowser- 4
|. that rate you have laid in supply -
: two years"
!, There was look Of terror In n
!. evea and he dared not proceed
clo,hes-pins nor say word about n
4 potatoes.
Invent down with him the next mort
! inC and IS we halted In front o.
|. grocery he called out:
Say. Green. roastfcr dinner-tw
4 quarts Of strawberries -and-yum-
! say. : head Of cabbage
4 when We had driven away be said
! me:
!. we were Just eleven seconds
front 81 that grocery. You'd con
:. down here and fool away half an hot
9 70 give the same order. You've 9
. % s. right up and down business vi
y these fellows"
when We came 90 sit down TO dim
4 We had roast pork and strawbcrri
- and boiled cabbage
Il want 70 know what this means
!. exclaimed Mr.. Bowser IS ne SHOW
~ back
q This il what you ordered De-
\. and Il didn't take but eleven secon'
- You didn't specify the sort Of ro'
4. xou wanted. and you didn't tell
- cook whether you wanted the cabba
~ boiIed. fried or baked You are r.
= ming the kitchen now. you know
= He swallowed few mouthfuis. tr'
u hard to change the subject and q